Earnings to bounce back
The Ministry for Primary Industries predicts the dairy industry will take four more years before it equals the record $17.7 billion it earned in exports in 2014.
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We catch up with Peter Burke senior reporter for the Rural News Group to talk about some of the key stories making headlines in this week's issue of Dairy News.
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